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WITNESSES FNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

CHARLES E. WEYAND, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO A. e.

- JENNINGS & soNs, OF SAME PLACE.

GLOVE-EMBROIDERING ATTACHMENT FOR SEWING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,213, dated April30, 1889.

Application filed April 30, 1888. Serial No. $2,508. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it knownthat I, CHARLES E. WEYAND, a resident of the city ofBrooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented an Improved Attachmentto Sewing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved device for guidingfabric for gloves,

mitts, &c., in a sewing-machine while embroidering oi stitching thesame.

The invention consists in a fabric holder or clamp that is adapted topass over the bedplate of a sewing-machine, said clamp carrying seriesof guides combined with bearings in which said guides rest and whereinthey may be adjusted to move the fabric-clamp in varying directions toproduce varying rows of stitches.

The invention also consists in the details of improvement and thecombinations of parts, that will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section onthe line is is, Fig. 2, through my improved attach-- ment for guidingfabric and a portion of a sewing-machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view of thesame, part of the bed-plate of the sewing-machine being broken away.Fig. 3 is a detail top view of a portion of the lower part of the fabricholder or clamp. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view on the line 0' c,Fig. 2; and Fig.

5 is a detail view of a modification.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A represents the bed-plate, athe needle, 5 the looper, d the presser-foot, and e the feedrack, of asewing-machine of suitable con struction. This is as much of asewing-machine as it is necessary for me to show to illustrate theapplication of my invention thereto.

My invention is applicable to every kind of sewing-machine.

B is the lower plate of my fabric holder or clamp, which is providedwith a suitable opening, fithrough which the needle a is adapted topass.

D is the upper plate of the clamp, whichis hinged, as'at h, to the plateB, and is provided with an opening, g, that corresponds with the openingf in the plate B, when the clamp is closed.

The fabric E to be embroidered is placed between the plates B and D, sothat the part of the fabric to be embroidered or stitched shall bebetween the openings f g in the plates B and D. The plates B and D areheld closed or one uponthe other to secure the fabric by a clasp orclasps, j, carried by one of the plates and engaging the other, or byother suitable means. In order to keep the fabric E from slipping whenbetween the plates BD, I provide around the needle-openin g in one ofsaid plates-say the one B-a band or covering, 1, of rubber or analogoussubstance, upon which the fabric E may. rest. The edges of the plate Daround theopening g are turned in and toothed, as at m, and when broughtdown upon the fabric hold it firmly against the rubber band Z.

n are pins that project from the plate B and are arranged at theopposite ends or sides of the opening f therein. These pins are adaptedto pierce and hold the ends of narrow pieces of tape or other strips inposition to be attached to the fabric by the embroidery-stitches. I

F are guide-rods that are secured to the clamp, preferably the plate Bthereof. There maybe two or more of said guide-rods F, three being shownin the drawings, said rods projecting outward from near one corner ofthe plate B. One of these guide-rods F-say the center oneis or may bestraight and parallel with the clamp, while the two outer rods, F,project at an acute angle to said straight one. These guide-rods F arepreferably'braced near their free ends by a cross- F and one of the rodsF are placed in bear-c100 ings 0 and 0, respectively, that are carriedon a suitable base, 1), thatis adapted to be secured to thesewing-machine table or else where in proximity to the sewing-machine.The bearing 0 is or may be provided with a single notch to receive oneof the rods F, but the bearing 0' is or may be provided with a number ofnotches to receive the single straight shank F The bearings o 0 aresecured to a movable frame, q, that is guided in the base 1). This frame1 is provided at one end with one or more slots that receive pins orscrews 7', that project from the base 1), or said screws may be carriedby the frame (1 and project into slots in the base, as in the lower partof Fig. By this means the frame q can be adjusted on said base; but saidframe may be adjusted in any other suitable manner. In order to movesaid frame q a proper distance and with certainty, I pivot to thebase 1) a lever, s, that is provided with a suitable slot, through whichpasses a pin, 1, from the frame q. As said levers is oscillated, theframe q will be moved, thereby moving the fabric-clamp when in positionon the bearings 0 0 over the bed-plate A, so that the needle may lay arow of stitches in different positions. In order to hold the frame (1 ina proper posit-ion after having beenmoved, I provide a pin, '21, thatpasses freely through the levers and rests at one end upon thebase p. Aspiral spring, '2', surrounds the pin 11 and presses against the lever.9, thereby acting to hold said lever and with it the frame (1 in properposition; but said lever may be held by a spring otherwise arranged orby any other suitable means.

My improved guiding device is operated as follows; The fabric E to bestitched or embroidered is first placed bet-ween the plates 1% D andsaid plates closed upon the fabric and locked by the elaspj. Thisfabric-clamp is then laid upon the bed-plate A of the sewingmachine andpassed under the presser-foot (7, one of the guide-rods F being thenlaid in the bearing 0, and the shank F in the bearing 0. If a straightcenter row of stitches on the back of a glove is desired to beembroidered, the straight or center guide-rod, F, will be placed in thebearing 0 and the shank F in the bearing 0, as shown in Fig. 2. Theframe q may now be moved, thereby moving the fabric-clamp B D until thedesired part of the fabric is brought in position under the needle. Themachine is now started to lay the embroidering or other stitches in thefabric, the fabric and its attached clamp B D being moved by thefeed-rack c, as in ordinary sewing. The fabric being moved by said rackc carries the clamp with it. As said clamp is moved, the guide-rod F,passing through the bearing 0, will guide the said clamp, and therebythe fabric,in a straight line. hen this row of stitching has beencompleted and it is desired to stitch another row parallel thereto, itis only necessary, after raising the needle from the fabric, to move theframe q by the lever s in the desired direction the required distance tochange the position of the clamp B D, when the ela mp and fabric will beguided, as above stated. To lay a row of stitches at an angle to thefirst row, one of the outer rods, Fsay that 011 the right-hand sidewillbe placed in its bearing 0, leaving the guide-shank F in the bearing 0.\Vhen the clamp and its guide-rods have been adjusted as above and thestitching is be ng done, said clamp will be guided by said guiderods ina direction diverging from that guided by the straight central rod, F.The row of stitching shown in dotted lines at the righthand side of theneedle a in Fig. 2 shows a row of stitches made while the fabric-clampwas guided as last stated. If it is desired to place a row of stitches011 the opposite side of the central straight row and at an anglethereto, the guide-rod F 011 the left-hand side will be placed in thebearing 0, when the fabric will be guided so to lay such a row ofstitches. The single shank F on the opposite end of the plate B may beplaced in any of the notches on the bearing 0 to assist in varying theangle of the row of -stitchcs. Thus it is seen that the fabric is guidedto make a row of stitches in one line and also guided to make one ormore rows of stitches that are at varying angles to the first row. Bythe above construction I overcome the necessity of using strips ofpaper, &c., as has heretofore been done, to assist in guiding gloves,mitts, &c., in a sewing-machine to lay the embroidered stitching on thebacks of such articles.

By my device each line of embroidery may be made perfectly parallel withits correspondin g line, every row of stitching being of the uniformdistance apart desired, thereby adding to the effect of the same. Then,again, a fabric that has been held in the clamp B I) and stitched whilein said clamp will not curl up when removed from the clamp, which isoften the case with fabric that is embroidered in the ordinary manner.

Instead of rods F F, a plate with slots or grooves similar to said rodsmay be used, guided on pins or rib-like bearings. A plate thus slotted,as at F F on pins 0 o, is shown in Fig. 5. c

If in operating the machine a tape is stretched over the pins n 0?,across the openingf, and in contact with the back of the fabric, suchtape will be secured to the fabric (as in Letters Patent No. 363,829,dated May 31, 1887)by the rows of stitches produced as described.

Having now described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a device forguiding fabric in a sewing-machine, the combination of stitch formingand feeding mechanism with a fabricclamp having diverging guides F,guide-shan k F, and bearings for said guides and shank, substantially asdescribed.

2. The fabric-clamp B D, having guide-rods ings the fabric clamp'will bemoved laterally F and shank F combined with the movable bearings 0 0,herebyby moving said bearover the bed-p1ate of a sewing-machine,substantially as described.

3. The fabric-clamp B D, having an opening for the passage of a needle,and having the diverging guide-rods F and shank F combined With thebearings 0 0', and the frame q, carrying said bearings and guided in thebase 19, substantially as described.

4:. The fabric-clamp B D, having the di verging guide-rods F andstraight shank F combined With the bearings 0 0 for said guide-rods, andshank-frame q, carrying said bearings and guided 0n the base 19, andwith the lever 2;,for moving said frame, substantially as herein shownand described.

5, The plate B, having an opening, f, and

pins 17, n, at opposite edges of said opening,

upon which pins a tape may be placed and stretched across said opening,combined with the plate D, having an opening that registers with theopening J, said plates B D being constructed to clamp a fabric betweenthem, so that the tape that is held by the pins n it may be sewed to thefabric, and with the diverging guides F and straight shank F andbearings for supporting said guides and shank, substantially asdescribed.

The above specification signed by me this 16th day of March, 1888. l vCHAS. E XVEYAND. Witnesses:

A. v. BRIESEN, HARRY M. TURK.

